DOG LICENSE: John Smiley will tell you...

DOG LICENSE: John Smiley will tell you his New York-style hot dogs are one of a kind (B1). But judging by the 143 push-cart licenses issued in Ventura County, Smiley is not the only vendor to have legions of hungry fans. . . . Push-cart vendors operate under strict regulations, environmental health specialist Elizabeth Huff said. “We don’t get many complaints,” she said. Would she eat from one? “Yes,” she said, “if it had a permit.”